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THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-THUHSD AY, OCTOBER 3, 1901.
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SCKANTO.V. OCTOHEIt :!, 1001.
THE REPUBLICAN TICKET.
Strtto.
Supirrnp fninl WIM.IW P. PIVlTUtl.
Tira.ui.i-I'IIANK (I. IIAIIIII?.
County.
.lmlsr-.l. W. tWIIPI'Vri'.H,
CVinlmllf-t:. a. .iom:-.
t."(n.in-i-i)it. .1. .1. iioimiris.
fcunrjor -lil.Olltll. I:. Sli;Vi:.N-ON'.
Dlcillon Nov. .".
"When Ihe lit nine i.tiy went out of poner In
i ur vijte It left to Hi- Knnililkmi I'lit.v a lei
aiy of jlmot .0,unfl.liim of rlrl.t. I hi ilcbt, by
wic .lflminiMl.it i"ii umlor llriiiblii.iu lute, has
been almol entirely p.iiil. Wo hive Ini'ir.w'il
111" appri'prhtlons to the cniuinon fihools iinfll
c stand at Ihe hf.id of Ihe Ainoilmn sUles In
npport of pnpuln idticilli'ii. I'nder llepubllcin
ailmini-lrjlinn Hirre Ims hern p,iM eaili jr.ir for
rdiHMtionil puipofs ninie Ih.m ,.is ippropiiatcd
bj tin1 Urmod.itiL' paity in thur iU liter of a
ipntiny of iiii-nile n h.io Increased our ap
piopriatlnns to ihaiilablr and rh emojynary Instl
tiillons until np ran make the hoist that no slain
hehippn lite two rn imih Mippnilfc thri.e Instil n
tion ss uell j doe our oun. Our 7,000,000 of
people .up inclii-lrioiK, hunc-l, l.i..ibidini; and
happy. 'pf, Hirinundi'd us u aie on pveiy Mile
uith pinspTous lmsuiov rendition, with people
happy, employed and imilrnti'il. and with every
nvetiuo nf humes? and trade full v ornipicrf, and
willi the pio-pect ol the fntiiic brichtcnina: and
Ktnuinz more hoppfnl, the old hi-lorlu pirty of
oh-trurtion anil iii-citiiin set up a hvsteilial cry
of falp picicnp, lipoiny and ininceiity for
the purpose of misleading the people and recaln
ire lol power." I'min t lis Itepubliian Islalo
I'lalfoiui.
"Holilry will deny Evans' (tnlc
incnts," runs a headline. Naturally.
Also HlKBiiipon's. and Schroeder'f., nnd
Joucll's, and Jlillor'a, and Aviso's, and
Slpshpc's. 'I'here Is no cnur.se open to
him hut to duny them all and to stick
to ills original claims.
A Small Potato Bid.
IN DKFAUlT of a bettor issue,
the local Democratic organ suk-SX-Ms
that tho.r who don't like
tin1 "ripper" hill turn in next
month and try to olrel Nowcomh
judge, CiKslello controller, Dr. Saltry
coroner, and Mitchell surveyor. It
fails to explain how Newcomb on the
bench or the other three Democrats in
the olllces named could repeal, amend
or suspend the "ripper" bill or put
the city government of Scranton back
where it was a year ago.
it takes it for granted, of course,
that the people of Ser.uitou are dissat
isfied Willi the city government they
have received under the present "rip
per" regime. AVe have not observed
evidences of such disappointment.
Those with whom we have talked con
cerning the matter appear to be very
well pleased ivilh the systematic,
straightforward and efficient manner
in which the itffaiis of the city aie bo
, ing administeied. Tlieie are no scan
dais, there is no Indecision, no turning
ilrst one way and thou another. In
stead, order and system prevail and
the foundations are being laid for yet
better government as soon as abuses
ot long standing can bo remedied.
Neverthele.-s, If this "ripper" regime
is obnoxious and distasteful to any
Jicpiiblioau, what's the use of throwing
a vote away next month on the Demo
cratic county ticket? Even if that
ticket should bo elected the "ripper"
hill would stand and Itocouler Council
would hold over until his successor
was elected. The time to sttiko at the
"ripper" leglmo is when it Is before
the electorate for indorsement. New
comb &. Co. nro simply using it and
the "Lord Lieutenant Fleitz" cry tills
fall as a small potato bid for ofllce.
I'.'x-.Senator Kmlth has lost control of
tile .lei soy Democratic machine. The
grip of the "exes" is weak In the land.
The Steel Trust's Harnlngs.
NET KAKXINOS of the United
Hlatcs Steel corporation fur
the past six months weio
$51,000,000, or at the annual
rate of about 10 per cent, on the jiom
jim1 capitalization, Even though that
vilfitalizatlon be tsoniewhiit Inflated,
a 1ms been charged, the percentage of
not earnings to actual valuation ot in
vestment Is not above 11 or 12, Tills,
be it lemrnibored, P at a time when
the steel trade In all Us branches Is
in a period of Mood-title prosperity;
what may happen when the inevitable
rructlon In prices sot in cannot ho
conjectiircd. Then ,wlll 1o when the
trust form of nmuairenieiit will bo test
ed bovorcly.
Now then) nro comparatively few
small "iimnufactutlng plants which
would consider 10, It or 1'J per cent,
'jii'ollt In a tinio of great prosperity ex
orbitant or excessive. Most of tllPlil
will not figure on contract)) that do not
pVoiuIsq u proflt of 20 per cent, or bet
tor, Yet a great outcry has been
heard against, the United Bted corpor
ation b'use'd iipou the supposition that
It was organized to rob the people and
grind the faces of the poor, That it
is- any more, grinding tluin were Its
constituent couipanlos before they wwo
merged Is not established; and cer
tainly Its present percentage ui pi on. s
is not extortionate,
V'c call attt'iulmi to tills mutter not
with any puiposc.ot. defending the steel
trti&t, for when you get down to facts
the tight to combine groups is us lltni
as the right to combine Individuals
llmi of Slillnii on
Paper HcailliiR
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nnd hi either case lliern U not til nil
n question of right hut only of ex
pediency. Whether thi Btecl trtlst Is
nn expedient thing or nol hns yet to
leiitned, it can only lie learned
thtough expeilohte. If experience
shall prove Unit It Is experience env
oi Ing nil phnpps anil vicissitudes of the
steel market-' then the gainers will ho
nut only the stockholders of the trust
hut the employes of It as well and,
hack of thorn, the conimtinlly In gen
eral. Hut If experience shall finally
t'Utidcinu the trust Idea as inexpedient
thoo will chlolly lose who put their
faith and money in it. Very little
of their loss will get hnrlt anion? the
common people.
AVo agree with Hlr Tlnitnns Upton
that the yuchtft ought lo raco once
every day. Maybe In that way they
would locale a wind,
Cooperation In Lieu of Conflict.
IN THE LAST issue of the Labor
Herald appears an editorial
headed "Shall Labor Unions He
Incorporated," of which the gist
Is that Incorporation Is a necessary
step In their evolution, and one calcu
lated to ho of widespread benefit. Tills
passage in it W especially notable:
"Now that labor unions In general
are finding the strike so Ineffective u
method to control industries which be
long to other people, labor organiza
tion ownership offers a solution which
strikes never did nor could. God grant
that the day may soon come when
every member of a labor organization
will bo an educated capitalist and joint
owner In the wealth piodtielng indus
try in which lie is engaged and whoso
time, or such part of It as ho needs
give lo working, Is spent In Increasing
the out put of that Indus! ty for his own
and others' benefit and not hi trying lo
tear it down in a wasteful fight."
AVhen the leaders of labor take this
sensible view and bend their energies
toward Inculcating among their follow
ers habits of frugality and tin in, illh
n view to joint Investment with their
employers in the industries in which
they are employed, they will cui-ouiiter,
not the present suspicion and distinct,
hut sympathy and help. Most eiu
plojers would speed the day that put
co-operation In place of conflict and
would meet their men more than half
way. A big stiike of petroleum is reported
fiom Louisiana. Let us hope they will
now swing more derricks and fewer
negroes.
The Identification of Criminals.
IN VIEW of the fact that about 2
per cent, of the population make
all the trouble which loads
upon the people of the United
States an annual cost for ctime
exceeding the cost of the federal gov
ernment on a war footing, and that
only a small part of that fractious
fraction is in prison at one time, stu
dents of penology have long studied
how best to identify the criminal class;
that is, how best to keep accurate
records of those who are unsafe citi
zens. By general consent, the system of
identification invented twenty-two
years ago by Dr. Alphonf-e Hortillon,
of Paris, and named after him, is the
best device of its kind known. Mnny
who read and speak of it know little
about it. In his new book, "The .Sci
ence of Penology," Colonel Holes pre
sents a description of it In detail that
would well repay perusal. The !er
tlllon system Is based upon the law
that nature never produces two indi
viduals exactly alike in every detail.
AVhen a criminal is caught certain
measurements are taken and leeorded,
together with a description of phy
sical peculiarities, These slgnalnients,
its they aie called, are so carefully
classified and indexed that it is possi
ble in a moment's time to identify ac
curately and virtually beyond possi
bility of mistake any person whoso sig
nalment has been taken at an age
later than ten years.
This having been cleaily proved,
Colonel Holes argues for the establish
ment in AVashington of a central bu
reau for the collection of the signal
meats of all the criminal class in North
America, with legal provisions impos
ing upon all magistrates and police
departments the duty of . filing the
siguulmcntK of all arrested persons
and the privilege of an easy reference
to the records. Eventually lie would
have the census bureau include In its
enumeration the signalmen t of every
Inhabitant of ten years of age or over,
AVhen this shall have been accom
plished the detection and identification
of tlie whole criminal class in the coun
try will, he contends, be easily ef
fected, while the Investigations of cor
oners, the identification of the un
known dead, the prosecution of claims
for life insurance, personal penults,
passports, the payment of drafts,
checks and money orders, and all doc
uments requiring' personal Identifica
tion would bo greatly simplified, facili
tated and protected. "It would thus,"
he adds, "become possible lo find any
person whenever It nilgliL bo desirable
lor his own good or that uf others;
mysterious disappearances would de
crease, crime bo greatly suppressed,
elections purified, misunderstandings
obviated, immigration laws moio el
fectlvely enforced, much Injustice pre
vented and bublncss relations greatly
facilitated." As tho system should
become uuivci&ul these advantages
would Increase.
Especially useful would such a plan
be In sifting (migration, colonel Holes
proposes that every immigrant be re
quired to bring ii slgnalistlc passport
certifying to his good character and
sound physical and mental heulth,
veillled by responsible olllclals ut tho
place of his Conner residence and by
tho nearest foreign representative of
our government, These passports
should then bo tested by tho slgnal
nients ot tho central huicau which
have been made from the nationality
of tho Immigrant, thereby establish
ing probabilities of good behavior, Tho
illlng of those passports would fuclli
tato Identification and return If In live
years tho Immigrant hliull commit
crime or becomo a public chaigc.
At the triennial convention of tho
Protestant Epibcopal church of tho
United States, which begun Us ses
sions yesterday In Hun Francisco, tht
innat Important subject for considera
tion Is the recommciidiitloti of the com
mllteo on marriage and dlvoico that
no divorced persons shall bo per
mitted lo remarry In that chittehi
Heretofore the privilege of ro-nuirrliigc
has been open in the Innocent party
to a divorce hut now It Is pioposetl to
lay a ban on Innocent and guilty nllke,
Theie Is said to bo little doubt that this
report will ho ttdopted, hut what efteet
It will have In checking dlvoices Is
problematical.
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The Labor Enigma.
THE PAIIAIA'SIS of an entire
city's facllltlei of travel by
a street ear strike over
points concerning which tho
public often knows little presents n
striking argument for belter methods
of arbitration. If the falling out of a
few men should cnuse a shutting off of
the water supply, such Inconvenience
would result to thousands of non-com-Imtants
that If a peaceful settlement
was nol soon leached, the meat mass
of Innocent sufferers would find other
means to restore tho suspended cur
rent and prevent a frightful famine.
.Street enjs have become almost ns
great a necessity in largo cities as well
guarded water supplies, yet It Is not
tin uncommon thing to see them tied
up over tilvlal mutters or by reason of
obstinacy or lack of Judgment on the
part of a few men at tho direct ex
pense of multitudes, in cities as small
as Scrauton It is possible for most men
lo walk between their places of resi
dence and places of employment; and
therefore a stieet car tie-up Is not so
hurtful here as in larger titles whore
by no possibility can rapid transit be
dispensed with. Yet even here tho lu
lonvonlenco Is eieat and oppressive,
and there are few who do not feel it
keenly.
Is there no way of relief to the pub
lic In such circumstances but to await
with such patience as can ho sum
moned the natural course of events'.'
Must Ihe sit Ike tediously exhaust Itself
by lirst exhausting the strikers or tho
company? Must the few long stand hi
way of the many? Are there not ways
to hasten a tesmnptlon of car service
regardless of whether alt points at
issue have Ilrst been fully and wholly
settled-.'
If not, there should be.
Edward M. Sliepard, the Tammany
nominee for mayor of Greater New
York, is a man of line poisonal attain
ments and enviable reputation, who, if
elected, would administer creditably
the alfairs of that city. Tammany lias
named him because afraid to name tiio
kind of man who would ordinarily go
on a Tammany ticket. Hut Mr. Shep
ard's lino personal qualities will not
satisfy tlie opponents of Tammany.
They are gunning for Croker and the
tiger and will keep gunning until tlie
polls close.
P?nnsyluanians at
the Panflrn?rican
Spec ill Coiio-pomknie ol 'ihe Tulnine.
Ilutr.ilo, Oct. 2.
FlIIDW. Oct. I, is the date chosen tor Ihe
Key-lone people at tho Pan-American ex
position. Tine, tin re arc thousands there
cvny day who icjjlstir, sUH pardonable
piiile, tin word "IVnu-j lv.ini.i" after their
mines in the jurat roRiatir in their stale build
insr. On tliis partiiular day the exposition will
be ikvotcd (o the pleasures of these pood people
and I'Veiithinir possible will bo done whioli
ccnild in mii.v way contribute, to their loinfoil and
happiiKs-,
e
Cow ill"'.- W . Stone, tojiether witii tlie nie.ii
beis of his Malt, will lie in attendance, an well
a s-eveial companies of tlie Stale National
CuiuK 'ihe beautifu'. s,ii0 bulldim;, lomino
dioiis as it i-, will not lie ample enough to jc
lotiuuudjtc the clouds desliiuu to iiear the nil-
ihc-scT of tl." dav. which will be dehvued by
tli-t l litriti-Iictl utirin of i'ciiv lv.ini.i. 'llio lui
mat ccrtnionics will theicforo take place in tho
'Pimple of Mimc. The governor and his t-ioit
will meet at the t-i.ite building; ami cu fiom
theie to the temple, undine the Tiiuinp'ial
limine and tlie bioad ll-plauade, Puiiuir tlie
aftiiuoou and evening open house will' be !cpl
in tlie state building and all picent will bo
civon an oppoitunity to meet the gmcriior and
otlur stale ollkials. Tlie bo.ad of women man
amis of the cpoitlou have issued unit. limns
In meet tlie Indus of the Koveinoi's puly in the
Women'.-; Iluildinjr dunni; the .iftciuouu.
u
Itiooki-'s W.uine bind, of C'liiugo. has been
nwljjiicil to tlie M'liin. of I'onti-.vh.im.'i for tho
di.v. 'Ibis is a spi'tial iiiuiiliuunt, as tlie in
iiaiiiation is one of tlie must famous bind-. In
tin" ruuntiv. 'I lie free miran leeltal in the Tem
ple of Music In the afternoon will be In charKo
u ll.iii.v It. .Iipsou, ot New Haven, I oiiu.
1,'iiveiuoi louo and s-tafr will le.ivo the Hotel
Hiocct at OoO a, in., ainvlui; at the Temple of
Musii at II u'lloik. The luci-liuir in the Temple
uf Music will be called to Older by dacob II,
IHdKt'u.1, Micpii'siilcnt of Hie IVnii.-yh.mi i
I'aii-Auieiiiau i'onniiis.sion. The cvciii.ses theio
will ouslt ot sin addiess of welcome by Direi tor
oiin.il William I, Hue ban in; ic-pon-i' by (tov
einor slnue, of Ihe Key.stunu htate; luiisic, "Uti
lity Hell" iii.ii t Ii ; address by Sualor Holes I'cu-lo-e;
music, "l,u- Sp.iiiuli'il Manner."
I'nllouiiiir I in- ecieinoiiles in tlie Temple of
Miisli' llieie will be nu lnfuim.il icicption in tho
IV im-vh.iul i lluildiiiir.
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Tills is carnival wcik at llio exposition, and
on IViiu.-jlvaiii.i liy as well as olh'-i.s tluno
will be carnival fc.tUucs.
One of llio fpeiial events nf I'lidiy is i (.
hiliitioii on the i:-i.lli;ulp lo, Hie famous Kudiiil
tioupe. 'Hie exhibition will be free to all vi.i
tm, in addition tu tho many other cplcndid
dailv fe.itiues. Tho.se I'eniis'lvaulans who ie
in.iiii for Mliuilay will have (lie opportunity lo
witness Ihe Ki.md Illuminated puade by Kins
ll. and Ids Hiljcitsp with the splendid floats
illustiallui; "Human t'h.iraeleiitics" In their
.ulmii phases, nub a hive nude Vevv Orleans
fiiuoiu for its taiuival p.mcu.tiy, 'I line will tin
liuudirds of blonli llghti, and tho ooaliinilnt,- of
Hie llgurcs on the llo.ils will be lesJl.
'Hid pll.ulo will bo follow, d by a in.isiilliccut
display of floral p,Motcthnlcs, whlili, witii iho
I dun of c 41 nival fun on the Midway will In ins
tills iciu.irk.iblo week at the exposition to a time.
Satiuday afternoon will al-o witue a toot
lull caiiio in tho stadium bitweeu tho I'lil
Mlslly ot lluir.ilo and tho team from one of
I'enn- lvunl t's Icidiui; collegia, I.cbiuli .unl
uuliy, -o
An ixldhlt at tho I'an-Aiiurk.iu that Is id
tut tlni; iuui.il well mailed attention is llio
i Dilution of iTonoinlo pi mis, Just out.siil.i tho
North tonscrvutnry. 'Ihe lollection win inadu
by (I. lalnaid fuller, assistant tupciiutrndciit in
the ilcpaihueiit nf hoitiiiiltine, and is iiltuct
incr ninth attention.
A lc.i plantation of hviuty tta plants, fiom
bouth Carollni, Is .liown, and a culfcn planta
tion of Ihhly collYc plants, fiom Mexico and
the West Indies, Tho tea plants nro tnarlui;
mds and tho lolfeo trees aie fa fiult with bci
tlcj. Tlieie .iro ulo several toiai ami chocolate
tiees with hull,
'A bland of xanlllj from Mexico, couiMini of
pl xlncs, ilu.teied niouud tiecs on which they
v.cie tialucd in Mexico, is in cvideice,
A itpUo plantation is banked at the cud of
the tu and coffee plantation, occup'ln! u posi
tion jii9t within the ionen.itoiy window, and
forming a backgiound for the oilier plants.
Tlieie aie twelve alUpno or pimento ticcs uud
black peppiv vines, (iuuanioii liccs, cloves, nut
hicks and a tino collection of caidam and other
spied. Tapioca, anow tool and other rare food
and fruit plants are scattered about thiouli the
plantation. (
FIRST WITNESS IN
SCHLEY'S BEHALF
U'nucliiilcd from I'drc 1,1
Ilmold'ii win "one point on port how," Instead
of "one point on uliiiboard bow."
'lho louit then Adjourned for luncheon.
When the tourt reconcned after luncheon Cap
tain t.emly (ontlnued his questioning nf Comman
der Slimp tonternlinr the chaiiReii made in the
tioln nf l.leutrn.iiit llatlovv, ns follows!
.tudRc Ailvoc.ite In the entry made In your loc,
hour 10.0, lho two loading hlp ol the enemy
were qlven rn welt on the starboard bow of tho
Prookbn, wcin Ihey not?
Cniiiiiuiiilrr Hliarp (icadlnn) "Tlie two lending
cneni''H ships were well on her ularboard bovvj
es, fir,"
t.'oininander Sharp (rciillnn) "The two lending
ships wcro well nn her Millboard n,iiarter." It
mjs 'quarter' here and 'bow' In tho notes ot llio
Vixen' log."
"'Ihen the Pionkhn U placed furllier ahead
by Ihe printed ropy of the log, U hc not?"
"Hither further ahead or the Spnnlh vesicls
further mtcin; jee, sir,"
"hi Ihe entry made at 11,1." a. tit It appears
from )nur log that Ihe IlmoMvn hoie one point
on the port bow of lho Vixen, does It not."
Commander hliarp (reading fiom the log) "The
Mrooklj a one point on the port bow, distant about
tlnec inllei." (Reading from tho nolcs):"Brook'
bit one point on the starboard bow, distant about
three miles."
"Mlial Is the elTcet of the difference between
the copy of tho log book and the nolcsl"
llio copy of the Brooklyn printed, notes would
put tho Piooklyn further Inshore or tho Vixen
furlhcr nut, sir, as the cae might bt."
Cioss examining Hie witness, Captain Parker
elicited fiom him the statement that the print
of the word "staiboaril" In Meulenanl Harlow's
entry for 11.15 ns printed In lho Brooklyn print
of the notes, corresponded with the official print
as given In the appendix-, that wold being given
In place nf Ihe word "port" as oiiglnally stated
I in tlie notes.
Lieutenant Harlow's Notes.
I'apliln Parker alo callrd tho attention ot
tlie uitiics to Hie enliy in Lieutenant Harlow's
notes, whcicln Iiesajs: "11.10. the Iowa is gain
ing on the MiisMitliusctK" and asked If he had
read tho notes at the time, at Hie same tlmo
i.illing his attention lo the fact that the Masia
clni-ctls was then at (iuaiitiinnino.
Commander Miaip irplied tint he did read the
note), but that lie thought ho mint hue over
looked Ibis notation.
Captain P.ukcr Ihen aiked whether It was not
true that all tho changes fiom tho orlginil copy
appealing in Ihe Brook!1 n print had been mado
by l.ieutinant Hallow himself before lie dcliv
eicd Ihe trau-iripl to him (Sharpl tor Commo
dore S'ehley. 'lho witness replied that he did not
think so.
(nphlii P.nkrr You can hardly remember at
this lime whether the Brnokljn was on tho
starbn.iid or port how can jou?
"Yes, sir; my Impression Is she was on the
poil bow. After we bad passed Acerraderoj,
standing lo westward, my impression is that the
Brookbn was on her poit bow during the entire
run to Hie westward until she turned in at Itlo
Tarquino.
Captain l'.irkei Now knowing that fact may
it not be possible that before you sent tho-e
notes on boird or took them on board lo the
commodore the xvord "stai board" may have been
changed into "port" or 'ice versa? If jou read
the notes over befoic jou took them to the
commodore and saw any inaccuracies or things
that ought to have been changed, you probably
would have changed them, would you not?
"I 'am afraid T did not read them over S3
carefully as I should baxo done."
"That is an ciror undoubtedly about the.
Brooklvn being on the starboard bow. It was on
the port side?"
"It is stated there officially."
"Yes, it is stated officially ami signed by Lieu
tenant Harlow. I think it is an error, and the
mention of the Massachusetts is an ciror ns
she was at nuantanaiuo."
Mr. ltajner Do jou ipinrinber that when jou
handed to Commodore sjclilej' the typewritten
transcript of the Harlow notes from which tho
pamphlet was printed, tint jou said: 'Coinmo
doie fs'elilej- here are the true notes of the fight,
wliiili will stand.' "
"t have no recollection of using such lan
guage." In icsponse to questions Commander Sharp
slid that according to Lieutenant Hailow's notes,
as iccoided in the Vixen's log, the lligship New
York had come up about an hour and fifteen
minutes after the Ci lslob.il Colon had suuen
dered. Ihe lecoid read that the New Yoik had
nrrixed threo In five minutes after the ariival
of the Vixen, which had been at 'J.20.
Positions of Brooklyn.
'ihe court here asked a number of questions,
which, with the responses, were as follows:
"Weic the poaitiom of the Hrookljn and the
Oregon relative to tho Mxcn during lho battle
of July S taken from Lieutenant Harlow's notes or
fiom jour p-isonal observation?"
"I'loni m.v recollection of the fight that daj-."
"How near wcio tho Spanish shins to tin
Bioohlin at the time jou saw her turn to gi
south .Inky ti'i"
"f could not give a coirect estimate."
"What signals, if any, were made hy the Bionk
ljn fiom the commencement to the end of the
battle of duly it?"
"Tlie Hrookljn had twirled a signal, 'I'ncmy at
tempting to escape.' That is in tlie notes. There
may have been olhci. but 1 do not find any
hue."
"At the lime that lho Brookl.vn commenced to
nriko tho turn jou have icfcrred to how near to
her was the ueaiest xovscl of tho enemy?"
"t could not state with any definltene-s."
Captain Sigsbec was then recalled lo correct the
ofllcl.il copy of his testimony of jesterdaj-, but
befoic ho proceeded Mr. Ilaj ncr asked him wheth
er "inview of the weather and tho sea on May
lloth ships could have been cualed with safety to
them."
Captain Mg1icp replied: "Possibly, jes, on tho
riming of t lie Silli, but at rUk of danger to the
ship'. The weather 1i.nl somewhat abated and I
cannot saj' that it would have been impossible,"
Cnptnin Sigsbce's Addition.
Captain Mk-Iu'C al-o made an addition to his
statement of jesteidiy concerning any statement
that bo might Invn nude, to Admiral Sampson, or
any ono else to the etlect that Commodore Schley
was bluckadiug Santiago li.ubor tvvculy-flvc miles
out at sea, He said:
"I did not, and neicr hive stated that Admiral
Schley was blotkading twenty-live mllrn out at
e.i."
Tlie couit aked questions of Captain Sigsbeo as
follows:
"You have, staled there weio Ivvo meetings off
Santiago while jou were blockading there, luve
jou not?"
"I stated tint lo the best of mj' recollection
tlieie vveie, I am not too firm in Hut belief. I
am posillvo there was one."
"Upon what thlp or ships were these meetings
heldi"
"I'.ltlier the Yale or the llarvaid. One, I think,
was In Id ahnaid Hie llarvaid, Captain Cotton's
c;p1. If another was held at all, it was aboard
the Yale."
"Wcio the meetings aeildenlal or hy older of
tho senlur officer present?"
"By order of the senior officer present,"
"What was Ihe objeit of these meetings of roin
in. Hiding ofticcis of) Sintiagn?"
"They wire Informal meetings to talk over the
situation, I lemember I objected to ono becauso
the Spaniards might come out and catch us out
of our ships at any time, and wanted to go
aboaid my ship, Tho meeting wa,3 broken up on
that account. It was icfcrred to by Captain Wise,
and, of ionise, it shuivg a meeting with Captain
Wise."
"Were any oidero of tho navy department read
or discussed at these inecllnc1"
"I cannot now recollect dlitlnctly, I presume
liny were."
"Stale as neaily as possible the rulul.ineo of
each of these dispatches dUcused and their
dates,"
"My recollection falls me. 1 cannot do It."
Cm jou designate the dispatches or icporls
published In tho appendix lo tho report of the
bureau of navigation that jou handed or exhibit
id to Conmiodoie Sibley on May "U?"
"I ran show one. That is the ono I read jei
leiday to tho Minneapolis. It is in my testi
mony. 1 cannot lemember specifically handing
him the written dispatch."
Schley's Dispatch.
Mr, llanni then handed to Captain Sigsbec a.
piccst copy book containing the order to himself
in response to which no had procecdesi lo San
tiago to meet the l'ljing Squadron. The cll.-palch
read:
"Proceed at once oil Sanllagoi lho Spanish
fleet is leported there. "Scldej'."
Captain Sigsbec said the dispatch was concct.
Ha was then excused.
Ho was succeeded on (he stand by Lieutenant
.lames ,1. Pojle, who was witch officer on board
Commotion Hehlej's flagship Ihe Brooklyn during
Ihe Spanish war. There was tnuili Interest In
Ills appearanie as lie Is lho Ilrst of lho Brook
Ijn's ofllcers lo ho lalleil to lho stand alnre ihe
Inqulty began, lie was called by Ihe department,
but when Captain Lcmly had louclndcd Ills ex
amination Mr, llav nor announced (hat It had
been Admiral Rcliley's Intention lo liavn Linden
nnt Pojlo summoned ns a witness In his behalf,
lie, Iherefote, Willi the consent of Die courl,
questioned Ihe witness as If his examination bad
been In chief and did not confine lilmscll to
cross-examlnallon.
In response In questions by CnpUIn Lemlj',
Lieutenant Doyle said that during the bitfle nit
Santiago he had bad charge of the two waist.
turrets, tie had, lie said, written Ihe leg giving
the account of (he batlle as (hero recorded, but
afterwards an addenda had been made by the
nav Igator.
When the Biookljn steamed westward xxllness
was first In the port turret and then In the star
board turret,
"Bid jou have an opportunity nf observing
which way Hie esicl tinned?" C.iplalu Lcmly
asked,
Witness responded In the affirmative. He
said, howcicr, that ho did not hear orders given
to the man at Hie wheel,
"What did you obserse?"
"I ohsencd, while In tho porl buret, that
wo had an opportunity of firing at the Spanish
ships and the buret xvas trained nearly ahead.
The Spinlsh ships were a Title by Ihen on our
port bow and we lost sight of them by our
ship turning with a starboard helm. Then It
was that tho order gas given lo man tho star
board battery, and as I crossed from one turret
!n Ihe other t observed the Spanish ships a little
nit on our aiamoarci bow. As soon ns I got In
that turret I stxung the gun sharp on lho star
board bow. In the meantime some of our own
guns had fired, prnbibly In the forward eight
Inch turict, so 1 could see nothing at all fiom
the dense smoke. White In thai position and
while the turret was being trained, Mr. Mason,
the cxccutlic olllcer, pissed down tho slarboird
gangway calling 'sharp on the starboard quar
ter, and I turned the turret around and picked
the Spanish up on nut- starboard quarter, anil
fiom then on It was a constant train of Ihe tur
ret until we had Ihe Spanish ships about a
beam."
"Ilow did jou come to enter In the shlp'fl Ing
that the vcel turned with a starboard helm?
Do jou recognise tliat log (handing him the log
of the Brooklvn)?
The xiilne.ss then. In response to a request, read
to the court thit part in the log book which re
lates to the turning of the port helm, in which
the following sentence appeared:
"We engaged with port batteiy at first, stand
ing In for the Maria Theresa, the Colon and tho
Viseaja, atl Ihieo of which we engaged, but jac
as soon as the enemy stood to Hie westward, put
helm to porl, swinging."
The witness then stated that the original entry
in tho log had made it appear that the helm was
put to stnrboaid, instead of to port, n-s it appears
in the permanent log. The change, lie said, had
been made on the fifth of July, two dijs after
the action. Asked why he changed It, Mi'. Dojle
said:
"I changed it aller I had Ind a discuvdon with
Fharp. I had been under the Impression, as t
hae stated, that we turned with a .staiboard
helm. Sharp was aboaid the Brooklvn nn .Inly 5
to luncheon with us, and I ban a discussion with
him that day on (hat subject. I think that is the
time I changed it."
"Bn j-ou know whether the navigator had then
signed tho log as correct?"
"I do not, sir."
"Why were the inierllnrd words put in?"
"They were put in at the suggestion ot some
person, probably the naxigator. Thej' weic put
in evidently nfter the log was xvrittcn up, because
they arc interlined."
Changes Due to Error.
Mr. Itayner then took the witness and asked
him if It was not true that the change in the log
was due to an error on tho part of the xvitness
and to no deirc upon Hie part ot anj'obdy to
falsify the fads.
"Absolutely," was the respon-e.
"And the error," continued Mr. Ilajner, "oc
ciincd, as I ttndeistand j-ou to saj-, in this way:
That during tho action jou could not see on ac
count of the smoke, and thought the ship did
turn with staiboard helm and entered it so in the
log?"
"'cf," was the repl.v.
"We lost track of the enemy in the (list in
stance with the port battery ty our own bow
shutting the enemy out and showing that at that
time xve must have had our helm a little star
board, or that the enemy was going with star
board helm."
"And then when jou learned jou had been
mistaken J oil made the chango?"
"I changed the entrj', and I think if j-ou bad
Hie rough copy beie jou would find it xvas
cbinged in mj' own handwriting."
Mr. Rajner then stated to the court that it
was his desire to treat Lieutenant Dojlo as ,i
witness for Admiral Scldej". To this the court
assented, and Mr. Bajner asked tho xxllness .i
seiies of questions calculated to bring out a brief
history of tho Brooklyn's part in the Santiago
campaign and a full statement of his observations
while an officer on board that xessel.
Mr. Uojle said in rc-ponsc to tho questions tint
while at Key West, which port the HrooUjn had
left at the head of the Flying Squadron on May
10, ISO?, he had beard nothing of the Spanish
fleet, nor had bo then been informed of a secret
code of signals arranged bj- Captain MeCalla for
communicating xcith the Cuban insurgents.
Particulars of the Blockade.
Relating the particular ot the blockade of
CicnfucgoB by the I'lj'ing Squadion fiom the ilst
to the 2ltli of Maj-, Lieutenant Doyle said bo
recalled the arrlxal of the Iowa and the Duront
off Clenfiiegns on May 2J, nf the Hawk on the
2.tid, and of the Marblehead on the 21th. Ho
said that ho bad ob.scrvcd (luce lights which
looked like lionllic.s on the shoio each night that
tho squadron lay otT Cienfuegos, hut that neither
lie nor any one else on board, so far as be know,
imdcnstood their purpo-c. He also told of a re
cognisance of tho haiboi' at Cienfuegos on tho
evening of tho 2Jnd of May; of tho conversation
with the ofllcers ot the Iliitlsli ship Adula, and
of tho arrival of the Marblehead and tho depait
mo of the entire squadion for Santiago after the
last named xessel had made communication with
the Cubans nation.
Then he said, on the night of the '-Mill, ships
foimed in squadion and steamed eastward, tho
speed at first being ill no knots an hour, but nf
teivvards being reduced to accommodate the small
teasels, tho Yixon and the Kaglc. When they
inado their stait there was quite n suif, ".i
long swell of tho sea," and cm Ihe Mill Hie
weather was still worse, making it eiy difficult
for the jaihts to keep up.
Lieutenant Pojde placed the dislanie nf the
Atneilcan fleet off Santiago from the mouth of
tho harbor at from three to four miles and 6aid
there xvere pliket boats nn tho inside of tho
line. Speaking of the bomb.iidnient of the Colon
on the 'list ot May, Mr, Ttayncr designating it as
rrcouiioKsanie, Lieutenant Unjlo said that ils
effect bad been lo develop the fact tint the
Spaniards had new guns in (heir land bitlerics.
A Shot nt Sampson,
Ileie Mr. Rajner akrd, "Hhat was the cir
cular form of bloikado commenced?"
While no mention was made of Hie name nf
Adiuiial Sampson this question was evidently
regarded as an attempt In bring his blockade
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The members lellred tor a minute or two, and
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